Igneous rocks are rocks that solidify from magma as it cools. Granite is the com
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Question
Igneous rocks are rocks that solidify from magma as it cools. Granite is the common igneous rock of continents. What does the crystal size of the minerals within granite indicate about the circumstances under which granite cooled? Write your letter choice in the blank space provided. Tiny microscopic crystals indicate that granite cooled quickly at the surface. Large crystals indicate that granite cooled quickly at the surface Tiny, microscopic crystals indicate that granite cooled slowly below the surface.. Large crystals indicate that granite cooled slowly beneath the surfaceExplanation / Answer
Answer:
As we know that Granite is the plutonic igneous rock which is formed in subsurface condition. And the crystal sizes signifies the environment under which the rock has been formed. Because if we get the large perfect crystals which indicates that rock has been formed under subsurface condition and result of slow cooling and if we get tiny crystals which means the rock has been formed in open surface environment and result of fast rapid cooling.
Hence, option D would be correct.